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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11374
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14276
13 Actual Demand 11083
14 Aggregate Planning 12023
15 Air Cargo 9935
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6543
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34691
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15262
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19051
20 Assembly Line 21965
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22806
22 Average Speed of Answer 26460
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22894
24 Batch Production 37981
25 Bill Discounting 14328
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11031
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7033
28 Blanket Release 9888
29 Bonded Warehouse 9961
30 Booking Number 13603
31 Bottleneck 9368
32 Buffer Stock 58774
33 Build to Stock 12823
34 Bullwhip Effect 9430
35 Business Logistics 25373
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12445
37 Capacity Management 40055
38 Capacity Utilization 13930
39 Capital Intensive 8254
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8558
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11983
42 Certified Supplier 8888
43 Channel Effectiveness 8846
44 Co-Destiny 9163
45 Co-managed Inventory 12332
46 Co-Packers 11654
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6740
48 Computer-Based Training 7590
49 Consular Invoice 19540
50 Container Depot 10496
51 Container Freight Station 10207
52 Continuous Replenishment 19340
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11948
54 Contract Carrier 7261
55 Contract of Affreightment 11302
56 Control Charts 7864
57 Cost Flow 10167
58 Courier Service 15066
59 CPFR 8117
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11663
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 43787
62 Date Code 18020
63 Days of Supply 19670
64 Dead on Arrival 9087
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7200
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7989
67 Detective Control 8799
68 Devanning 14112
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10740
70 Dispatching 24126
71 Distributed Inventory 8256
72 Distribution Channel Management 34411
73 Distribution Metrics 8930
74 Distribution Planning 24053
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15041
76 Double Marginalization 52432
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22148
78 Dual 5365
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20457
80 Echelon Inventory 26004
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38117
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49306
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7513
84 Efficient Frontier 25243
85 Engineer-to-Order 31520
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16200
87 Erlang B Formula 9231
88 ETD 8216
89 Ex Works 7755
90 Exception Rate 13324
91 Exponential smoothing 9731
92 External Growth 9945
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9322
94 Field Services 7662
95 Field Warehouse 9856
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8616
97 Fishbone Diagram 14480
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26792
99 Flow Through Distribution 12178
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8054
101 FOB Destination 12884
102 Forward buying 29898
103 Freight Charge 10219
104 Freight Consolidation 7435
105 Gantt Chart 8208
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11589
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29380
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12559
109 Hub 23243
110 Idle Time 7968
 
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